Stomach tube feeding

I am considering a stomach tube ( PEG tube, that's what they call it ) for my dad ( 75 ) who is diagnosed with Parkinsons, Alzheimer and mid-dementia. He's physically fine and eating ok ( no hard food yet, just soft diet )but he's not drinking well. ( The doctors been telling me that he's malnourished and dehydrated ). The problems started 2 months ago when we discovered that his bladder start to bloat up cos he's not peeing for 2 days. After a scan, docs discovered that his large intestines are pretty blocked ( 5 kg of wastes ) and that pushes the urethra to be blocked as well. The rest follows with urethra infections and enlarge prostate....etc and finally after couple of "procedures", problems solved. In short, we were told that he's not exercising / walking and drinking enough which lead to the problems. Now, he's recovering well ( i think ) but the dietitians feels that he's not drinking enough although he's eating ok. They suggested a PEG procedures ( which is quite a simple procedure and safe too, according to them ). It is done under local sedation, which a tube in inserted from the mouth to the stomach and some scopes which will light up the stomach ( under dim conditions ). Then an incision will be done on the abdomen wall ( marking done by the light ) and the tube will be push from that incision. A bumper / stopper will prevent the tube from being pull out in the stomach and another bumper will prevent it from pulling in. After that feeding can start with the tube. It is 95% safe and the first couple of weeks, he should be prevented from doing any pulling on the tube. Lifespan of tube 6 months. Maybe your mom's procedure is the same one. Look for PEG tube on any search engine. Heard that this process is the best available solution. I understand your fears

Start by putting "stomach tube" into your Internet search engine and see what comes up. There's a lot of information on the web about these things. You can also put in "lung cancer" "trach" and so forth.